Philou

We..ee..llll - no. I should have (when I pull my finger out) a circuit that will be about 18m running length (7.5m x 5.5m  less allowance for curves). It's not my area nor my era, but I'm developing a thing for 'block' train movements.

I'm going into the barn to eye up another part of it as I think it's a little deeper than the bit I was going to use. I have a 6.2m viaduct that I want to build too. Putting the the two together means I could have a showcase piece of track to display and run things upon. Keep my original proposed layout for my upto 'modernisation' stock.

I shall think this through tomorrow.

Cheers,

Philip

On 05/03/2019 at 18:12, Bob Reid said:

 

It should be Phillip - the two dropped off at Edinburgh from the Southbound Highlander from Fort William are added back on to the following mornings Northbound Highlander ex-Euston again at Edinburgh.  According to Serco Caledonian Sleeper last week, the same will be done with the new stock.  

I may have mis-understood your reply earlier to the point regarding the 16/18 coach question. Some kind soul a bit earlier had the diagrams up showing the splits - Edinburgh direction only, showing the Fort William section being reinforced with two 'day' coaches, making a total of 16 +2. (If the stock goes to Inverness/Aberdeen/Fort William and doesn't get back to Lunnun somehow, they'll need pretty large sidings up north .)

Cheers,

Philip

PS: If I have it wrong, I stand to be corrected - so that I don't continue in my erroneous ways ).

16 coaches up from London to Edinburgh where the train splits into three portions. The Fort William train is the shortest portion being two sleepers. Two 'day' coaches are added making four coaches to Fort William. On the return leg, the 'day' coaches are removed at Edinburgh and the sleepers go on to London as part of the reformed 16 coach train. Meanwhile the two 'day' coaches are reattached to the mornings Northern Highlander set and once returned to Edinburgh then go back to Fort William as part of the overnight 'up' from London - apparently .

Cheers,

Philip

Yay - well done Johnster, you're getting there and done oodles more than I've done since Christmas. Looking forward to those pictures .

Cheers,

Philip

Oh I feel lucky ..... despite my name not being Jim .

I shall be in my comfy chair with a yuuuuuge tub of popcorn wiping the froth from the screen (no comment from me regarding the programme as I can't pick it up where I am - 'out of area').

Good luck Mods.

Cheers,

Philip

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@classy52:

Is 18 coaches correct? I thought that it was a 16 coach train up from London then split on arrival at Edinburgh into three parts, with two additional coaches (what I call 'day' coaches) being added to the two sleepers going to Fort William ie; a four coach train.

I had assumed that on the return leg the two ('day') coaches would have been dropped off at Edinburgh and only the two sleepers being added to the 14 others going 'dahn sarf' (16 coaches) - or have I this wrong again?

Cheers,

Philip

Hello Cavalex,

Unless I missed it above, is there an anticipated delivery date? Having just committed myself to a major purchase last week, I wouldn't have the funds at the moment for the 50% deposit . Need to save up a little first.

Cheers,

Philip

Oh dear, I think my wallet just fainted ................

Repeat after me: Not my era, not my area .... not my era, not my area ..........

Cheers,

Philip

Just a thought, Ray,

Have you had a look at the Scalescene's site? Lot of building papers that can be downloaded for 2mm and 4mm, they do a specific one for highways.

Cheers,

Philip

Erm ........... a bit of pedantry (sorry it's my OCD breaking out) .

In UK highway design parlance, the pavement is just the hard surface over which vehicles (or pedestrians) drive (or walk) upon. You're referring to the footway as distinct to the carriageway (the vehicular bit).

Cheers,

Philip

On 01/03/2019 at 23:16, Philou said:

Update: Now moored.

 

Cheers,

 

Philip

@ MartinTrucks

Ahem ................. posted three days ago, admittedly very late in the evening.

Cheers,

Philip

@TheSignalEngineer,

I never realised bikes could be expensive! My pseudo son-in-law is a 'biker' - £14k for his latest lightweight one!!!! I keep thinking that with that money, my future layout could be one helluva one!! He enjoys his hobby but just doesn't 'get' trains whereas his stepson - my stepgrandson - loves them and doesn't really enjoy biking that much.

Each his own - eh?

Cheers,

Philip

On the back near the buffer - somewhere?

Sorry, couldn't resist .

Good luck with it - BTW where are the piccies so we can see how you're getting on?

Cheers,

Philip

@Pete, Mel and Wolf

I did send a follow-up e-mail to DJ regarding the shape of the smaller grille in that it should have been 'tapered' (trapezoidal?) rather than a parallelogram and that the red 'swoosh' followed the shape of the tapered edge. I passed no comment regarding the smaller driver's curved window as it hadn't formed part of the earlier points. Does someone want to explain to Dave the point as I find describing a 3D concept awkward? I can do it, but I'll take 3000 words when perhaps 20 would do .

Cheers,

Philip

@Ross34,

Well, I suppose I would be classed as a collector as I collect but have no layout for the time being. I have far too much for what I really need but I shan't be selling on. It won't be redundant as the inevitable 'Rule 1' applies. Don't ask me why I buy what I do as I don't really know. I expect it's a hangover from when I was young and there wasn't much money about and now retired there's more disposable income and plenty of 'pretty pretty' on the shelves.

Cheers,

Philip

As Colin has posted the link, it was item 2 on the list that DJ had spotted in his e-mail to me. The CAD/3D print had not shown the nose with enough curve on it. The print came out dead flat. I note that the three items to which were referred here hadn't been picked up in the list. I think it's just as well to let Dave know if there IS something that can/ought to be rectified at this stage - otherwise it'll be too late.

Cheers,

Philip

Ah ..... like 'port' and 'starboard'. 'Red' and 'green' and 'left' and 'right'. Short words on one side, long words the other. Makes sense. I'm not sure it works in other languages tho' .

Cheers,

Philip

Well done Sherlock ...... IF, if it is DJM, I'll be happier with that thought rather than just having been stitched up like a kipper !!

Cheers,

Philip

PS: I tried to compare the recent photo of DJ on the APT thread with KR above - though similar, I'm not sure they are the one and the same person.

Update: Now moored.

Cheers,

Philip

Update: Engines stopped (but not yet berthed).

At 20:54 hrs (UK time) according to marinetraffic.com she's underway doing 3.4kn on a heading of 285° - at least she's going the right way! Shouldn't be far off her berth.

Cheers,

Philip

PS: If the computer generated map is correct, she's her own length away from the quayside.

I'm in - an interesting project ..................... we'll see.

Cheers,

Philip

You were on 50p an hour! You were rich! When I were a lad .............

Seriously, when I started my Saturday job at Bud Morgan's (a well known model emporium in Cardiff) in 1965 a day or two after my fifteenth birthday (the legal minimum), I was paid the 'andsome sum of 10/- and that was for a 9.00am to 6.00pm day (hour off for lunch). I think shortly afterwards it went up to £1.

When I started a 'real' job in 1970, my very first month's salary was £66 pounds for a 37 hour week (tax already deducted) which equates to approximately 41p an hour after tax - not far off Pandora's figure.

I too, will look for my stock of old locos that still have their price tickets on their boxes and see if I can remember the dates I bought them (all post-decimalisation).

Cheers,

Philip

Hi chums,

I'm with Paul on this regarding stock and I'll hold my hand up to having loadsa trains for 'the' layout. The one thing I did was to realise', as another poster said above, that my vintage stock (early H-D and 1970s Hornby plus a bit of Airfix and Mainline) just does not cut the mustard in quality nor standard compared to what is available off the shelf at the moment. It will not be converted (and I shan't sell it on either as the old stock was bought or given when money was tight and I happen to like it anyway).

However, having been retired for a while and money being a little freer, I have fallen into bad ways (again) and have replaced my old stock with near-enough the same items!!! So, in a similar way to Paul, I did think of running periods: Steam (1900 - 1960s), the modernisation period (1950s - 1960s), the latter as I have a soft spot for the odd and quirky diesels (Fell anyone?).  Then I went and bought some very modern stock last week .................

The point was made above - if you want to run 'periods' nice, if you have the stock to do it, but what about everything else? The station signboards, the buildings, even things like platform lighting. The stations I want to model have all changed over the years so much so that one no longer exists and the other is devoid of its buildings. I know Rule 1 always applies, and unless Paul just wants something to run, I now realise it is important in its own way if you want your stock to run in a particular period, that everything ought to be in context.

This thread has made me think more seriously about what I want out of my layout - perhaps Paul should too (but go for DCC anyway ).

Cheers,

Philip

PS: Sorry if it seems I was hijacking - but the comments above have made me rethink regardless of the DC/DCC angle.

I suppose we could do 'you're getting warmer ..............' ;)

I just checked and I haven't yet received a reply, but as soon as I do, I'll let you know (obviously if he says 'no' then that'll be it).

Cheers,

Philip